Smoking-pipe.



No. 825,811. -PATENTED JULY 10, 1906. W. M. DECKER.

SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION' FILED SEPT.14.1905.

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STATES smoKlNG-PlPE.

Specification of Letters Patient.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application led September 14, 1905. Serial No. 278,420.

To all whom it mfr/,U concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MORE DECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoking- Pipes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pipesforsmoking tobacco or other weeds, and particularl to that class inwhich the contents are red from the bottom.

In the use of pipes for smoking tobacco it is well known that thenervous system is affected in various ways and that in the use of pipesof the ordinary and most general construction not only the fumes of thetobacco, but the very minute particles of carbon and ashes which add tothe dark color of the smoke, are taken into the system by inhalation andif not injurious in other Ways at least cause more or less irritation ofthe mucus membrane of the respiratory tract, and the smoker also inhalesand absorbs the poisonous alkaloids of tobacco, the most inurious ofwhich is nicotin. It is also well own that with the ordinary shortste1npipe the smoke is taken directly from the bowl and in a heated conditioninto the mouth, which not only induces to the burning of the tongue, butthat the hot decoction of tobacco, either fluid orin the form of vapor,is very injurious to the human organism. All of these disadvantages flowin the greatest degree from that class of pipes in which the tobacco isconsumed from above downward, as the suction draws the decoction oftobacco produced by the fire and heat to the bottom of the bowl andthence into the mouth, and after a comparatively short use of the pipethe stem becomes foul and saturated with the poisons contained in theweed. Another disadvantage of the ordinary pipe is that it must be heldby the teeth or in the hand, and in the latter case and when hot is aptto burn the hand, and if laid down while ignited the fire is apt to fallout and produce conflagration.

My invention has for its ob'ect to overcome all of the enumerated anmany other disadvantages of the ordinary smoking-pipe and to produce onewhich will remain` clean for a comparatively long time, which may beconveniently attached to the clothing of the user or held in an uprightposition upon an suitable support, such as a table, which wi l if heldin the hand be in a comparatively cool condition, and which shall alsoinsure the delivery of the smoke into the mouth free from heat andcontaminating poisons.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and arrangement hereinafter more fully explained andthereafter claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may know how to make my improvedpipe and Yfully appreciate all of the advantages, I will proceed todescribe its construction, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is an illustrative view showing one of myimproved pipes heldv in position upon the coat of the user and with along flexible stem coiled around the outside'or casing of the pipe andheld in such position by the device employed for securing the pipe tothe clothing. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my improved pipewith the parts all in position and showing the means for holding thepipe in an upright position upon any suitable support. Fig. 3 is atransverse or horizontal section taken on the line a b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2, but showing the parts partiallyseparated and illustrating how they ma be assembled into the positionshown at ig.` 2.

Similar reference-numerals indicate likeparts in theseveral figures ofthe drawings.

1 is a bowl, which may be constructed of clay or any other suitablematerial and with an open upper end into which the tobacco ma beintroduced to load the ige and with its ower end closed and providb witha series of small openings 2, through 'which the tobacco at the bottommay be ignited and through which oxygen is admitted to maintaincombustion.

3 is a casing composed, preferably, of sheet metal (though any othersuitable material may be employed) and formed atits upper end with athread 4 or other suitable means by which the cap 5 to the bowl may besecured in place, as clearly shown 1n Fig. 2. The cap 5 is formed with acentral recess 6. and a nipple 7, having a central channel orsmoke-conduit 8, and with a threaded flange IOO 9 or other means forsecuring the cap to the casing 3.

Within the iiange 9 is located a washer 10 of suitable material toconstitute an air-tight joint betweenthe cap and the upper open end ofthe bowl 1 in an obvious manner, and within the central recess 6 islocated a composite disk l 1, the lower and maj orportion of which iscomposed of absorbent material, such as cotton, and the upper or-minorportion ofy noir-absorbent material, but through which air and smoke mayJfreely pass. This disk is designed to absorb any moisture, such asnicotin in its lower or more extensive portion,'\vl1ile the uppernoneabsorbent portion is designed to prevent such moisture or any solidmatter contained in the smoke from enteringthe nipple? or the stem 12 ofthe pipe, which stem is of flexible material, such as rubber, and isprovided at its free end with a mouthpiece. 13, secured in place in anobvions manner.

The casing 3 at its upper end is provided with vertical rooves 13,adapted for the pas sage of radialIugs 14 near the top of the bowl 1,(and, if desired, near the bottom also,) and when the lugs near theupper end have passed through the grooves 13 and the bowl is partiallyrotated said lugs interlock with the shoulder 15 of the casing andestablish iiXedl Vrelation between the bowl and the casing.

The casing 3 is of a diameter somewhat greater than the bowl in orderthat an airspace 16 between the bowl and casing may be established forthe purpose of preventing the latter from becoming overheated, and saideasing withl such object in view may be providedwith any, suitableheat-repellent material 17, and with a similar object the` outer surfaceof the casing may be likewise coated or covered. The lower end of thecasing is contracted to not only hold the bowl from passing through thejacket and to render the pipe smaller in appearance, but it is alsofashioned, as shown at 18, (or in any other mannen) to constitute aprojection in which is formed an opening for the purpose presently lexlained and also to prevent the coils of t e stem when wound about thecasmg It likewise constitutes a base by which the pipe may be held inthe hand of the smoker I without contact with the heated end of thebowl. j

19 is a pin secured in any manner to the casing near its upper end, andthe bottom or rim 18 of the casin is formed with a suitable opening 20,throug which the free end of the pin may pass and interlock therewith inorder that the pipe may be secured to any art of the Wearing-apparel ofthe smoker, as i lustrated in Fig. 1, and which also serves to hold thecoils of the stem in position when it is Wound around the easing, asshown, and which is desirable in order that suiiicient as shown in Fig.1, from sliding down.`

length may be given to the stem in order that the smoke 'passing throughthe same 'may l cool before reaching the mouth of the smoker.

The same eiiect may of course be provided by otherwise disposing of thelength of the stem but when disposed in the manner shown it constitutesa sightly and convenient disposition of the stem.

I of course do vnot wish to be confined to any` particular material inthe general construction of my improved pipe, but may use any which areadapted for the purpose, nor do I wish to be eo'nnnedyto any articulardesign as to the bowl or casing, a though I refer that shown in thedrawings, and Wln e I have shown the bowl with an integral bottom havingthe openings 2 therein it will be understood that a perforated andseparable bottom adapted to be secured to the body of the bowl may 'beemployed. Many other variations may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

' In using my. improved pipe the bowl is loaded with anydesired quantityof tobacco,

and being placed within the easing, as already described, the cap 5 isthen secured in position and to the upper end of the casing' 3, so thatan aretight joint is made between the cap and the upper vextremity of'the bowl through the medium orl the washer 10, and the pipe is then incondition to be lighted and smoked. The character of the washer 10 andalso the disk 11 are bothsuch that they may be readily removed and newones substituted therefor which `will conduce to the sweet and cleanlycondition of the pipe at all times. I desire it to be understood that Ilay special stress upon't'he characteristics of thedisk 11, which, Whileinsurii'i'g the absorption of all moisture, prevents the same, as wellasv any solid matter contained in the smoke, from passing into thenipple of the cap 5 and to the stem 12 of the pi e. It will beunderstood that as the ignite and burning material is at the lowerextremity of the bowl the cap 5 may be made of any suitablematerial-such, for instance, as hard rubberico and the casing or jacketmay also be made of 1 similar material in view of the air-space betweenthe bowl andjacket and the avoidance of contact due to the presence ofthe lugs 14 on the bowl.

The presence of the filtering-disk ll in the cap 5A ei'liectuallyprevents the fouling of the stem 12 and renders unnecessar the task ofcleaning the same, and as a resu t of the construction shown the stemmaybe readily renewedJwhen necessary the pipe or. mouthpiece. Theilterin --dis l1 embodying the characteristics alrea y described may bereadily medicated with any recognized antidote to the poisonsof tobacco,and I have found from practical experience without discardinlgy that theunder side of this disk becomesso rac coated with the products ofcombustion in the pipe as to resist the action of heat when the burningtobacco reaches the disk.

The casing orjacket 3 I prefer to inake perforated as a means ofeffecting the dissipation of the heat produced in the bowl of the pipe;but this may not be essential when lined or coated interiorly orexteriorly, or boh, with any suitable heat-repellent materia What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. A smoking-pipe comprising a bowl open at the upper end and closed andperforated at the lower` end; a jacket or casing surrounding the bowland interlocked therewith; al cap removably attached to the upper endofthe jacket or-casing, and constituting a closure of the upper open endof the bowl, and provided with a channeled nipple adapted for attachmentwithY a stem, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

. 2. In .a smoking-pipe such as described and consisting ot'a bowl openat the upper end and closerF and perforated at the bottom, a jacketsurrounding the bowl and secured in fixed relation therewith, and a capremovably secured to the upper end of the jacket and constituting aclosure of the upper open end of the bowl; a washer open at the centerand interposed between the upper edge of the bowl and the cap, whereby atight joint is effected between the bowl and cap, substantially ashereinbefore set forth.

` jacket or casing formed with a circumferential flange at its basehaving a pin-slot therein; a pin secured at its upper end to the cas ingand having its lower end or point adapted to interlock with the slot inthe base oi the casing, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

' 5. The protecting composite diskfor interposition between the bowl ofthe pipe and'.

the smoke-conduit composed partly of an absorbent material for absorbingmoisture, and a non-absorbent material for arresting the passage ofmoisture deleterious poisons and particles of solid matter,substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MORE DECKER.

Witnesses DAyID F. MORE, HENRY KRErss.

